Google’s EU antitrust adventure enters new phase as major consumer group joins suit

Gigaom.com, here.

Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era

Australian Law Reform Commission, Discussion Paper, here.

IP in a World Without Scarcity

M. Lemley, here. 

SLS Patent Trolls and Patent Reform Conference

Video here. 

Alice in software patentland: SCOTUS leading out of the rabbit hole?

T. Lee, here.

Cartel busting: boring can still be bad

TheEconomist.com, here.

US Judge: Baidu's Decision To Block Certain Sites Is Protected By The First Amendment

TechDirt.com, here.

Those new copyright freedoms you're getting? You probably already signed them away

S. Phipps, here. 

LG Köln beschränkt CC-BY-NC auf rein private Nutzungen

Ifross.org, hier. 

Apple, Publishers Battle New E-book Antitrust Claims

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

A Year in the Life of the Joint DOJ-PTO Policy Statement on Remedies for F/RAND Encumbered Standards-Essential Patents

R. Hesse, here. 

Network Industries Class

R. Picker, Syllabus here (Session Slides to be added).

Australia Accepts Indonesia WTO Dispute On Tobacco Packaging; Calls For Five Disputes To Be Joined

IP-Watch.org, here. 

OFT issues decision in mobility scooters sector

Oft.gov.uk, here. 

CJEU Allowed Website Blocking Injunctions With Some Reservations

Husovec.eu, here. 

CJEU: UPC Telekabel Wien

Case C-314/12, here.

Lawyers and economists arguing against car dealer protectionism in NJ Tesla case

Letter here. 

Consultation on a proposal to make a market investigation reference in respect of the supply and acquisition of energy in Great Britain

Ofgem, here.

New EU Technology Licensing Rules

CliffordChance.com, here.

Commission antitrust investigation into Google

ConsumerWatch.org, here.

Challenges for the Enforcement of Copyright in the Online World: Time for a New Approach

C. Geiger, here.

The Competition Dimension of the European Regulation of Public Sector Information and the Concept of an Undertaking

J. Drexl, here.

Amazon Issues Kindle Credits for eBook Antitrust Settlement

Blogs.cio.com, here.

Permissionless innovation

A. Thierer, here.

A license that is more than a license

FTC, here.

A step towards adoption of Treaty to ensure equal access to books for visually impaired and print disabled persons

Gr2014.eu, here.

Converging Standards of Protection from Secondary Liability for Trademark and Copyright Infringement Online

M. Peguera, here. 

Liberal group supports D66 proposal to enshrine net neutrality in EU law

Marietjeschaake.eu, here.

BEUC calls for EU inquiry after Italy punishes pharma cartel

Beuc.eu, here.

Searching for Physical and Digital Media: The Evolution of Platforms for Finding Books

M. Baye, B. De Los Santos, M. Wildenbeest, here (pdf download).

The End of Meta Search Engines in Europe?

M. Husovec, here.

UK CC provisionally confirms jurisdiction in Eurotunnel case

Here.

Netflix thinks peering should be a net neutrality issue too

Gigaom.com, here.

Information held in electronic databases not property which can be possessed, rules UK court

Out-law.com, here.

Pay TV: Court of Appeal sends message to the CAT

CompetitionBulletin.com, here.

What drives self-regulation in the nascent P2P “ride-sharing” industry?

P. Belleflamme, here.

¿Habrá reclamaciones de daños por el cártel de las desmotadoras de algodón?

F. Marco, A. Robles, aquì.

Drug Makers and Antitrust: Is Cash All That Matters?

Blogs.wsj.com, here.

When MOOC Profs Move

Insidehighered.com, here.

Private Schadensersatzklagen in EU vereinfacht

Eppgroup.eu, hier.

EC fines producers of car and truck bearings € 953 million in cartel settlement

 Press release, here.

Baromètre 2014 de l’offre de livres numériques en France

KPMG, here (pdf download).

Viacom and Google settle long running copyright lawsuit against YouTube

TheVerge.com, here.

Verbraucher Tracking

J. Schallaböck im Auftrag der Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, hier (pdf download).

Net Neutrality: Dangerous Loopholes Remain After Key Vote by Lead EU Parliament Committee

LaQuadrature.net, here.

Apponomics

P. Salz with InMobi, here (pdf download)

WhatsApp founder says privacy concerns after Facebook buyout are 'unfounded'

TheVerge.com, here.

Enervit: impegni presentati all'AGCM

Testo degli impegni qui.

 In merito alla distribuzione online: autonomia nel determinare i prezzi di rivendita ma necessità di rispettare l’immagine il valore dei marchi di Enervit.

Recap of the Copyright Office’s Roundtables on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization

ARL Policy Notes, here.

MPs and open-data advocates slam postcode selloff

TheGuardian.com, here.

General insurance add-ons: Provisional findings of market study and proposed remedies

UK Financial Conduct Authority, here.

Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clauses

Oxera, Notes prepared for Direct Line Insurance Group plc (UK Competition Commission's private motor insurance market investigation), here (pp. 28-33) and  here (pp. 23-33).

Here's why Amazon Prime can afford to raise prices

TheVerge.com, here.

EC welcomes General Court judgments in cement cartel case confirming its investigatory powers

Press release, here.

Incentives to Create *Whose* Knowledge?

J. Bessen, here.

Higher Education in England

OFT, Report on findings from the Call for Information, here.

Making merger control simpler and more consistent in Europe – A “win - win” agenda in support of competitiveness

Report to the French Ministry for Economy and Finance, here.

A Brief History of FRAND

J. Contreras, here.

Does the FTC Have a New IP Agenda?

J. Wright, here.

Can the OFT Succeed in its Latest Attempt at Bringing Criminal Charges Against an Individual for Cartel Conduct?

Competition Policy, here.

US Judiciary Hearing on notice and takedown provisions under the DMCA

Written testimonies here.

Abuse of Dominance in Technology-Enabled Markets: Established Standards Reconsidered?

M. Rato, N. Petit, here.

Small Businesses As Consumers: Are They Sufficiently Well Protected?

ESRC, A Report for The Federation of Small Businesses, here.

Google Unmasks Patent Accuser in Tangled Goldman Link

Bloomberg.com, here.

PCW Moneysupermarket to sell consumer data

Mediatel.co.uk, here.

Mehr oder weniger Wettbewerb im Internet?

J. Haucap (compte rendu der NZZ), hier.

Unilateral Effects Analysis in Merger Review: Limits and Opportunities

M. Coate, here.

Chiusura dell’istruttoria per abuso di posizione dominante da parte del gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato

Provvedimento qui.  Impegni qui.

Europe finalising robust data protection laws

Beuc.eu, here.

Draft Tribunal Rules on Collective Actions

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, here.

French Competition Regulator Probes Roche, Novartis on Avastin

Businessweek.com, here.

Garcia v. Google: Stanislavski and Meisner Pay a Visit to Copyright

R. Picker, here.

Patentholder on Breast Cancer Tests Denied Injunction in Lawsuit

NYTimes.com, here.
Opinion here.

Vertical agreements: a new priority in antitrust enforcement

Conference organized by the Italian Competition Authority (6 March 2014), Programme and Presentations here.

Google faces $5B antitrust fine in India — but this time it can't settle

Zdnet.com, here.

Exclusive rights in classical art works: the "armed David" case and Italian law

IPkat.com, here.

Distortions and Disincentives in Intellectual Property and Communications Law

Sixth Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law
Leeds, England - 2-3 July, 2014
Call for papers here. 

King my Candy, Crush my Heart: The Weird World of Trademark Registrations

Aaronsanderslaw.com, here.

How Can Software Interoperability Be Achieved Under European Competition Law and Related Regimes?

I. Graef, here.

DOJ responds to public comments on US Airways/American merger

DOJ, here.

Sharing Risk in Collective Actions

Competitionbulletin.com, here.

Review of banking for small and medium - sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK: Update on work to date

OFT, here.

Copyright Trolling, An Empirical Study

M. Sag, here.

Google: Piracy is an Availability and Pricing Problem

TorrentFreak.com, here.

Competition Policy in the Digital Age

A. Italiener, here.

Schadenersatzklage der Hörgerätefirma GN Store gegen das Bundeskartellamt abgewiesen

Lto.de, hier.

Virginia General Assembly combats patent trolls

Augustafreepress.com, here.

Home copying levy was too restricted, Dutch Supreme Court says

Futureofcopyright.com, here.

Spain: YouTube Cannot be Enjoined to Prevent Future Copyright Infringing Uploads

M. Pereira, here.

Privacy groups ask FTC to block Facebook-WhatsApp deal

Cnet.com, here. Complaint here.

How do comparison shopping sites make a living?

P. Belleflamme, here.

UK: Insurers, brokers rally to end MFN clauses

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here.

Consumer Welfare in Competition and Intellectual Property Law

H. Hovenkamp, here.

First remarks of an Italian administrative court on the ICA’s new power to file a claim against administrative measures hindering competition

C. Lo Surdo, here.

The Administrative Supreme Court Confirms AGCM's Pfizer Decision

C. D'Amore, here.

In U.S. mergers, no one waits for this waiting period

Reuters.com, here.

Two economists file pro-Apple brief in e-book antitrust case

Tech.fortune.cnn.com, here.  Amici Curiae Brief, here.

Aereo in International Perspective: Individualized Access and U.S. Treaty Obligations

J. Ginsburg, here. 

Why Aereo Matters to the Cloud: A Primer

Project-disco.org, here.

Droits d’auteur sur les vidéos : « L’âge d’or des “YouTubeurs”, c’est fini »

Rue89.nouvelobs.com, ici.

Algorithmic Accountability Reporting: On the Investigation of Black Boxes

N. Diakopoulos, here.

Behavioural economics and its impact on competition policy

Oxera for the Netherlands Autoriteit Consument & Markt, here.

Los requisitos que impone Android ponen en duda su proverbial libertad

ElConfidential.com, aquì.

Pirates Are The Movie Industry’s Most Valuable Customers

Torrentfreak.com, here.

AGCM sanziona cartello Roche Novartis

Provvedimento qui.

Whither Symmetry? Antitrust Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights at the FTC and DOJ

J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, here.

Intellectual Property Valuation

Expert Group, EC Directorate-General for Research andInnovation, here.

Repatching the Quilt: An Update on State RPM Laws

M. Lindsay, here.

Patent Reform Gone Wild

R. Epstein, here.

Understanding Behavioral Antitrust

A. Tor, here.

Big Data Privacy Workshop

MIT/White House, Video here. Agenda here.

New law to prevent sale of health data for commercial purposes

Out-law.com, here.

Justice Department to Supreme Court: Shut down Aereo and its funny little antennas

Gigaom.com, here.

SCOTUS accepts teeth-whitening case; could decision impair state bars’ ability to regulate lawyers?

ABAJournal.com, here.

Crossing the Rubicon: Why the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Should Be Blocked

M. Stucke, here.

Why India's antitrust body should scrutinise the WhatsApp buy

Business-standard.com, here.

Oyster Books: Disrupting the Disruptor

Olivesoftware.com, here.

The Empty Promise of Behavioral Antitrust

A. Devlin and M. Jacobs, here.

US Senator McCaskill Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Patent Trolls

Koamtv.com, here.

Russian Antitrust Watchdog to Reduce Air Fares By 'Destroying' Foreign Booking System

Themoscowtimes.com, here.

Perchance to Dream: Well Integrated Public and Private Antitrust Enforcement in the European Union

M. Marquis, here.

L'exploitation numérique des livres indisponibles du XXe siècle est conforme à la Constitution

Conseil constitutionnel, Décision n° 2013-370 QPC du 28 février 2014, ici. A lire aussi ActuaLitté, ici.

Lawrence Lessig Settles Fair Use Lawsuit Over Phoenix Music Snippets

Eff.org, here.

The European Union is grilling Apple and Google about free-to-play apps

The Verge.com, here.

Advocate General Opens Door to Umbrella Claims in Cartel Damages Cases

J. Van Acker, V. Lefever, here.

Regulatory Policy and Behavioural Economics

P. Lunn, here (read only)

The FTC at 100

R. Lande, here.

Humility, Institutional Constraints and Economic Rigor: Limiting the FTC’s Discretion

G. Manne, here.

Las patentes y la libre competencia: informe sobre el anteproyecto de ley de patentes

CNMC, Aquì.

Brief of Amici Curiae Law, Business, and Economics Scholars in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, No. 13-298 (software patents)

Here.
See also FSF's Brief, here.

CJEU says that spas must pay copyright fees and that territorial monopoly of collecting societies is OK

IPKat, here.

Will the Supreme Court save us from software patents?

Washingtonpost.com, here.

Secret 'Innocence of Muslims' Order Caused Google to Go Ballistic

Hollywoodreporter.com, here.
Garcia v. Google here. 

The Internet of Things: Building Trust to Maximize Consumer Benefits

J. Brill, here.

Apple officially appeals e-books antitrust ruling, asks for dismissal or retrial

Appleinsider.com, here. Appellate Opening Brief here (Scribd).

Uber kept new drivers off the road to encourage surge pricing and increase fares

TheVerge.com, here.

UK Government response to consultation on EU copyright rules

Here.

COMESA: new rules on merger control imminent

Iflr.com, here.

As Barnes & Noble Nook revenues slide 50%, the company says it’s launching another tablet

Gigaom.com, here.

Schweizer Firmen profitieren von Whatsapp-Übernahme

Nzz.ch, hier.

Flight Centre found guilty of anti-competitive behavior

Cch.com.au, here.Ruling here.

Archives and Copyright: Developing an Agenda for Reform

Create.ac.uk, here.

Facebook-WhatsApp Deal Risks Sparking Privacy Probes Across EU

Bloomberg.com, here.

Data protection authorities in Canada and The Netherlands on WhatsApp already here. 

Study on the Right of Making Available; Comments and Public Roundtable

US Copyright Office, here.

Kobo challenges Canada e-book settlement

Application here.

Digitales Gold: Nutzen und Wertschöpfung durch Open Data für Berlin

Tsb-berlin.de, hier.

More work needed to protect European Union from patent trolls

Microsoft, here.

Bibliothèques universitaires : les accords entre Couperin et Elsevier

Actualitte.com, ici.

Berliner Wasserbetriebe müssen Preise senken

Olg-duesseldorf.nrw.de, hier.

Refusal by CNMCcompetencia to open infringement proceedings against Pfizer for abuse of dominant position

Here (Spanish).

Comcast’s Traffic Pact With Netflix

Business.time.com, here.

Collusion to Control a Powerful Customer: Amazon, E-Books, and Antitrust Policy

J. Kirkwood, here.

UK Competition Agency Accepts Commitments from Hotel and Online Travel Agents to Eliminate Discount Restrictions

JonesDay.com, here.

WhatsApp und Facebook: Oh, der Datenschutz

Heise.de, hier.
S. auch Kommentar zu Facebooks WhatsApp-Kauf: Der Kampf um das Mobildisplay, hier.

Concurrence et croissance pour l’après-crise

J. Almunia, ici.

The FTC: 100 Years of Antitrust and Competition Policy

George Mason Antitrust Symposium, Videos here.

Big Data and Consumer Privacy

J. Brill, here.

AG Opinion in Kone: EU ‘Effectiveness’ Law Wades Further into National Civil Litigation

M. Marquis, here.

Facebook’s WhatsApp Deal Seen Avoiding U.S. Antitrust Challenge

Bloomberg.com, here.

Ruling dismissing on-line booking price parity class action claim in the US

Online Travel Company (OTC) Hotel Booking Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 12-cv-3515-B, 18 February 2014, here.

Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Benetech.blogspot.ch, here.

Mexico's President Sends New Competition Bill to Congress

Nasdaq.com, here.

The EU Google Investigation: A Remedy In Search Of A Problem

T. Graf, Presentation here.

Review of the technology transfer rules – update after public consultation

A. Vernet, Presentation here.

German Antitrust Cases in the Internet Economy

S. Hossenfelder, Presentation here.

Preishoheit von den Buchungsplattformen zurückholen

Hier (Schweiz) ;
hier (Österreich)
 

Getting lost in the new Google Maps

TheVerge.com, here.

Tobacco packaging and intellectual property law

Aclatterofthelaw.com, here.

FCC chair announces plan for new net neutrality rules

TheVerge.com, here.

Investigations of consummated and non-notifiable mergers

OECD Competition Committee, Contributions from US, EU, UK, D
Other contributions here.

Consultazione pubblica sulle Linee Guida della Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A per la commercializzazione in forma centralizzata dei diritti audiovisivi nelle Stagioni sportive 2015/16, 2016/17 e 2017/18

AGCM.it, here.

Patent Trolling — Why Bio & Pharmaceuticals are at Risk

R. Feldman, W.Nicholson Price II, here.

Leistungsschutzrecht: Verleger verbünden sich mit VG Media

Heise.de, hier.

U.S. judge dismisses price-fixing claim against hotels, websites

Reuters, here.see also Businessweek.com, here.

Can the OFT Succeed in its Latest Attempt at Bringing Criminal Charges Against an Individual for Cartel Conduct?

S. Summers, here.

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder gegen Zuckerhersteller

Bundeskartellamt, hier. Handelsblatt hier.

EU to assess risks of conflicting laws that apply online

Out-law.com, here.

The Google commitments and the transformation of EU antitrust enforcement

D. Gerard, here.

Commissioner Wright’s McWane Dissent Illuminates the Law and Economics of Exclusive Dealing

T. Lambert, here.

Secret Ties in Google's "Open" Android

Benedelman.org, here.

Google Commitments (III)

Here.Read also Google's post, here.

Hyperlinks, making available and the 'new public' -- or just a dead end?

The1709blog.blogspot.ch, here.

If a Cable Giant Becomes Bigger

NYTimes.com, here.

The Forward - Looking Nature of Merger Analysis

D. Feinstein, here.

Contractual arrangements applicable to creators (in selected EU Member States)

Study for the European Parliament, here.

Die Benzinpreise schwanken stärker als je zuvor

FAZ.net, hier.

Linking to freely available content is not copyright infringement (challenging ramifications included)

TaylorWessing, here.

Thomson Reuters EU Antitrust Pact Challenged by Morningstar

Bloomberg.com/news, here. 

EU Secretary General’s decision on Privacy Surgeon’s DG-COMP appeal (Google Search)

PrivacySurgeon.org, here. 

CJEU on Hyperlinking: Svensson Reference

Press Release, C-466/12, here. Judgment here.
Why no Advocate General's opinion on these very delicate issues (despite mentioning AG Sharpston on the Curia website, - as noticed by IPkat) ?

Previous @wavesblog posts on hyperlinking here. 

When Competition Law Analysis Goes Wrong – The Italian Pfizer/Pharmacia Case

D. Geradin, here.

Europa setzt Standards für vernetzte Autos

Heise.de, hier.

La propriété des données, défi majeur du XXI e siècle

LesEchos.fr, ici.

Comcast Set to Acquire Time Warner Cable for $45 Billion

NYTimes.com, here.

DOJ Proposes Remedy to Address Bazaarvoice’s Unlawful Acquisition of PowerReviews

Press Release, here.

Copyright and the Digital Economy

Final Report,  Australian Law Reform Commission, here.

Google's once-secret, restrictive Android license agreements with Samsung and HTC published

Fosspatents.com, here.

Commissioner Almunia leaves many perplexed (and in the dark) over Google

I-Comp.com, here.

Google Deal With Almunia Said to Be Criticized by EU Officials

Bloomberg.com, here.

German Court: Valve is allowed to prohibit re-selling of Steam games

Futureofcopyright.com, here.
S. also Telemedicus, here (German).